BU has commencement ceremonies

Baker Univeristy awarded more than 450 undergraduate, graduate and nursing degrees on Sunday.

Senior Class President Andrew Taylor and Michael Hoeflich, professor of law and former University of Kansas Dean of Law, delivered addresses to graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences. Hoeflich was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from Baker.

State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins addressed graduates from the School of Professional and Graduate Studies and the School of Nursing. She received the Trustee Medallion for distinguished public service.

The Rev. Nanette Roberts, senior pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Baldwin City, received an honorary doctor of divinity degree.